Ouverture de 'Global Tourism in Global Markets' by Nicola Bellini, Silvio M. Brondoni

“…Even economists, including scholars of development, looked at tourism with skepticism. Low-tech, seasonal, knowledge-unintensive tourism was the worst of the possible post-industrial outcomes and no serious economic policy could be based on it. …”
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The impact of policy uncertainty on stock liquidity in Vietnam’s M&A market by Dang Huu Man, Nguyen Manh Toan

“…We also find that higher levels of policy uncertainty lead to lower market valuations of target firms, reflecting greater market skepticism about the completion of the transaction and related synergy benefits. …”
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BACK TO THE QUESTION OF ONTOLOGY (AND METAPHYSICS) by JONAS RAFAEL BECKER ARENHART, RAONI WOHNRATH ARROYO

“…That may result either in skepticism over metaphysics, or else on accepting that metaphysics is an autonomous branch of investigation, depending on one’s concern for metaphysics.…”
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“Just Say Yes”: the Romanticisation of Love in Sex and the City by Beatriz Oria

“…While the former is undeniable, the show’s skepticism in matters of the heart is not so straightforward. …”
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Self news: the fiction that mirrors you by Ana Paula Grillo El-Jaick

“…The hypothesis is that there would already be a proto-image of this kind of contemporary linguistic skepticism in sophistic rhetoric. To support this interpretation, we will analyze fake news from the Foucaultian perspective of language, especially the one expressed in The Order of Discourse. …”
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The value of coaching supervision as a development process: Contribution to continued professional and personal wellbeing for executive coaches by Alison Hodge

“…However, there is still considerable skepticism, caution, even ignorance about the nature and purpose of coaching supervision and many coaches do not engage. …”
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The Applications of Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence in Logistics by Gabriela Călinescu

“…However, there is still confusion and skepticism regarding the use of these new technologies.…”
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Situational Factors Influencing Receptivity to Bullshit by Mitch Brown, Lucas A. Keefer, Shelby J. McGrew

“…Conversely, subtle cues threatening the meaningfulness of bullshit may elicit greater skepticism. Three studies tested situational factors predicted to heighten or diminish susceptibility to bullshit by changing motivations to seek meaning. …”
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Fenomena Kemunculan Sekolah "Elit" Islam di Indonesia (Analisis Aspek Manfaat dan Mudhorot) by Wasilah Wasilah, Muslimah Muslimah

“…Second, the deterioration of educational processes and outcomes in public schools. Third, skepticism about the process and results of education in pesantren and madrasahs. …”
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Education is at the Heart of Every Human Settlement by Obiora F. Ike

“…There should be no question that simplifications, related to some sort of skepticism over the moral character, are at best purely theoretical fanciness, at worst irresponsible. …”
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Access to Biofeedback Therapy for Women Suffering from Headache in Rural Wyoming by Dawn Peters, Mary Beth Stepans

“…Seven barriers identified were travel, time, lack of knowledge, skepticism, lack of referral by health care provider, difficulty relaxing, and pharmacologic therapy was already working. …”
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THE MACRO-REGIONAL FRAMEWORK AND DIVERSITY IN EUROPE by Florin Teodor BOLDEANU, Madalin Sebastian ION

“…Differences between countries are more and more visible and euro skepticism is at its highest level. The new perspective for the European Union is to close the gaps between regions and also to create better economic cooperation. …”
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Günter Frankenberg’s Comparative Constitutional Studies: Between Magic and Deceit by Jud Mathews

“…Scholars should approach constitutions with a healthy skepticism, but, Frankenberg contends, most mainstream scholars are too credulous, especially regarding the claims of liberal constitutionalism. …”
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Sino-Latin American Relations: A Comparison of Expert and Educated Youth Views of Latin America by Gregg B. Johnson, Zhimin Lin

“…Educated youth positively evaluate relations, but express greater caution and skepticism. Both experts and educated youth value large and/or growing trading partners far more than small/stagnant relationships or trading rivals.…”
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Locke on Knowledge of Existence by Nathan Rockwood

“… The standard objection to Locke’s epistemology is that his conception of knowledge inevitably leads to skepticism about external objects. One reason for this complaint is that Locke defines knowledge as the perception of a relation between ideas, but perceiving relations between ideas does not seem like the kind of thing that can give us knowledge that tables and chairs exist. …”
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Effect of confidence interval construction on judgment accuracy by David R. Mandel, Robert N. Collins, Evan F. Risko, Jonathan A. Fugelsang

“…The findings warrant skepticism regarding the benefit of prior confidence interval construction for improving judgment accuracy.…”
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Worldmaking as an Approach to Scientific Pluralism by Nicole Fišerová

“…Taking the prevailing criticism of Goodman’s conception into account, I argue that worldmaking can serve as a methodological apparatus for scientific disciplines because it presents a position of moderated constructivism which, thanks to the variable criterion of rightness, offers a way to maintain both relativism and skepticism.…”
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Might Beauty Bolster the Moral Argument for God? by David Baggett

“…Karl Ameriks demurs, expressing skepticism that this is so. In this paper, I stake out an intermediate position, arguing that the resources of Kant provide ingredients for an aesthetic argument, but one distinctly less than a transcendental argument for God or an entailment relation. …”
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Case, Text, and Contexts: Construction and Deconstruction in Carlo Ginzburg's Machiavelli by Corrado Confalonieri

“…The analysis brings out a contradiction between, on the one hand, the theoretical-methodological underpinnings that Ginzburg has always defended against the so-called postmodern skepticism and, on the other hand, a way of proceeding that on the contrary takes implicitly advantage of principles one finds in texts by authors whose work Ginzburg has often criticized, such as, for instance, Jacques Derrida. …”
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A Critique for the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes by Saeed Naji

“…Presenting the methodology which is based on Popperian Refutationism, Lakatos intended to overcome Pluralism (, Relativism and Skepticism) and distinguishes the best theory (/program) in science. …”
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